Rebecca (Becky) Ong majored in chemical engineering and tacked on a degree in plant biology. “I had no plan to integrate them at all,” she says, “I was just interested in plants.” All of that changed, however, when Ong attended a lecture by Michigan State University professor Bruce Dale on theresearch behind converting biomass to biofuel.

“It was the first time I actually saw someone relate chemical engineering with plant biology,” says Ong. “I decided that this is what I want to do, this is what interests me, this is the way I can marry two things I really love in a way that could actually make a big difference in the world.” Quoted in GLBRC News. READ MORE